document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=837681>Question 837681</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help!? I am only in Grade 5 and I don't understand this!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A box contains the letters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M A S S A C H U S E T T S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Without looking in the box how many letters do you need to pick from the box to be certain you can make the word SAT?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #504706 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=504706\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Imagine you are doing what they ask. You<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are reaching in the box and picking letters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "one at a time.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What they are looking for is the \"worst case\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which is the hardest way possible to get SAT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So imagine this is the order in which you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "pull out letters:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H<BR>\n" );
document.write( "U<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 letters so far and no S,A, or T<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now say, the nest letters you get are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That helps, but you only have 1 letter to make SAT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You've got 9 letters so far<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The next letters you get are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T <BR>\n" );
document.write( "T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11 letters so far, but you're missing the A<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The only letters left in the box are A,A so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the next pick gives you SAT<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That makes 12 letters needed to be CERTAIN that you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "have SAT because you know this the the worst<BR>\n" );
document.write( "case that can happen \r<BR>\n" );
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